Fully Crewed Luxury Charter Yacht A professional paid crew maintains and runs your catamaran as a small business in the location of your choice. The owner enjoys all the benefits of a crewed yacht while offsetting a significant part of the cost of ownership through charter income. The costs of owning a luxury charter yacht […]
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Live-Aboard Owner/Operators The idea is that the boat owners live aboard and operate their own catamaran as an independent charter business. We have helped several couples set their catamarans up in a crewed charter business. There are two different ways to do that: The first is being associated with a charter company that has the
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By learning how to start a boat business, you can capitalize on your passion for boating while getting paid to do it. But before you launch a boat charter business, there are a number of things to consider to get it off to a strong start. Create a business plan. Consider weekly charter rates, the number
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VIBE – It’s a Destination Boat Show! Join us May 10 – 12 at the first-annual Virgin Islands Boating Exhibition (VIBE) — the new 2.0 version of a yacht buying show. The show will take place at the Yacht Haven Grande St. Thomas, in the U.S. Virgin Islands and offers an opportunity to test sail
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CATANA GROUP launches its 14th BALI CATAMARAN model, the BALI 5.8, for the brand’s 10th anniversary! On Bali Catamaran’s 10th anniversary, the factory launched their 14th model, the brand-new flagship, Bali 5.8. This model, designed by the late Olivier Poncin, is the latest sailing catamaran in the very successful Bali range and promises to be
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Because it’s Valentine’s day, we wanted to celebrate all the couples that we helped along to finding their “love boat”. But before we do that, let’s tell you about our founders, Stephen and Estelle who have one such love story that started in 1992 in Cape Town, South Africa. With the same feeling of ‘wanderlust’
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Silent Yachts, a company specializing in the production of solar electric catamarans, has recently been rumoured to be in trouble. Established in 2017, Silent Yachts gained recognition for its cubic-designed electric catamarans, featuring robust photovoltaic panels. Their marketing highlighted their leadership in the industry, but in reality it was Poland’s Sunreef Yachts who initially pioneered
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Sailing the Exumas I remember thinking last year when we signed Zuri 3 up for crewed charter service in the Exumas, that it will be tough to give the reigns over to our captain and chef and be guests on our own boat. Well, it turns out that we easily took to being pampered and
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Catamaran Guru has established three more locations from where to serve our community in yacht brokerage services in 2023. We are excited about expanding our team and add additional locations with top-notch brokers in Key West & Florida Keys, Hawaii, Annapolis & Pacific Northeast! Along with our core teams in Florida, Texas and the Caribbean,
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FYI: Stay tuned on Facebook & Instagram for our boat show video series: Learn some tips & tricks of how to navigate boat shows, pros and cons of buying a boat at a boat show, how to get the best deal at a boat show and much more! Join us for the boating event that is as glamorous and
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A bareboat is a vessel (monohull or multihull) that is chartered with no crew at all. The charterers are entirely in charge of the yacht, including provisioning, for the duration of the cruise. A crewed yacht operates with a professional live-aboard crew, usually a skipper and a cook or chef, usually a couple. Crewed yacht
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What is a crewed yacht charter? A crewed yacht charter is a boat that is offered to the public for use as usually all-inclusive sailing vacations where all meals, beverages, and boat-based activities are at no additional charge. A crewed yacht charter includes a captain and chef who often provide other services such as concierge,
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One summer, we had the wonderful pleasure of sailing a luxurious fully crewed (captain, chef, and first mate or sometimes called the steward) Lagoon 62 in Sint Maarten. Stephen and I were invited by the prospective new owners to test the sailing ability of the boat as well as grading the total experience. (Ask us
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No matter your favorite fall flavor, from apple to cranberry to warming spices, we have a cocktail recipe for you! We even included a non-alcoholic version of one of the refreshing drinks! So get out your sweater and put your cocktail shaker to use. Pear & Allspice Martinis Spiced Sugar Rim On a small plate
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If so, check in with us to get an independent and unbiased look at this Yacht Business, Revenue Sharing and Guaranteed Income programs. Not only do we advise clients on the “Boat as a Business” program, but have personally benefited from it with our own yacht businesses. In our experience, yacht charter income together with
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What’s better than French toast for breakfast and club sandwich for lunch? Have them together…anytime! Delicious way to use leftover turkey or any cold cuts from the fridge. You can use whatever bread you have on hand but using a traditional Pullman bread (square loaf, no rounded top) or one of our delish bread recipes
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EVENT POSTPONED Dear fellow sailors & friends, We have for the past five years since 2019 hosted the Catamaran Rendezvous in the Abacos and once, a very low key rendezvous in Key Largo during the height of Covid! Every year 30+ catamarans of every brand, size and age gather together for four days of unadulterated
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